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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us June 30, 2005 Independence Day! The Snare line of the Seattle Cascades Drum & Bugle Corp locks step during a parade in 2004. Submitted photo Seattle Cascade Drum & Bugle Corps will top off Lithia Park events with a bandshell show after the parade. Ashland’s Fourth of July celebration, “Bring 4th the Fun . . . We Are Family!” will begin at 7:45 a.m. with a race and end with a bang when the city’s fireworks burst forth at dusk. In between, a host of events will keep people busy all day long, with one of the highlights this year being the Seattle Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps at the bandshell in Lithia Park. “It’s so incredible, you have no idea,” said Wendy Eppinger, who saw the Corp on July 4, 2002 in Ashland. “The formations, the dancing and the colors … they run around with 80 pounds of musical instruments.” The Seattle Cascades Drum and Bugle Corps will play July 4 at the bandshell as part of the performances, which begin there at 1:30 p.m. They will practice most of the day Sunday at the Ashland High School stadium, and the public is invited to get a taste of the act. Crowds revel along Siskiyou Boulevard during the 2003 Fourth of July parade. Ashland Daily Tidings file photo Drum and bugle corps is a visual explosion of color, energy and music put into motion on the football field, according to corps press materials. The synchronized, artistic ensemble uses bugles of all sizes, a variety of percussion instruments and a color guard to heighten visual impact. Founded in 1957, the Seattle Cascades is the oldest and only nationally touring drum and bugle corps in the Pacific Northwest. Members of the Cascades come from throughout Washington, Idaho and Oregon in addition to other western states and Canada. The Seattle Cascade Drum & Bugle Corp goes through its paces at a recent competition. Submitted photo Three years ago the Cascades began its recent rise to the elite of the activity. In 2000 the Seattle Cascades were crowned DCI Division III World Champions and received the Spirit of Disney Award, given to the corps with the most entertaining family-oriented show. The score enabled the corps to compete in Division I where the Cascades placed 23rd in quarterfinals. In 2001 the corps nearly doubled in size. Competing in Division II, the Cascades’ show titled “Veneration” with music by David Holsinger entertained and impressed crowds from coast to coast. The corps continued its rise to another world championship, winning important focus shows leading to the DCI Summer Music Games in Buffalo, NY. In the end, the Cascades came in second to the perennial Division II champion, the only corps to outscore them all season. However, once again a high finals score included an automatic invitation to compete in Division I. Defeating several established Division I corps, the Seattle Cascades left Buffalo with the highest score ever achieved in DCI competition, placing 17th in the elite corps semifinals. The corps announced its intention to compete in Division I beginning in the 2002 season. The Pacific Northwest has not been represented in this prestigious group since 1994. The Cascades had and incredible year, making drum corps history as the first Northwest Corps to become a finalist at the DCI World Championships! The Cascades’ rise to the top is having a positive impact on its growth and development. Nearly 200 young people have applied for membership since the first fall camp. Earlier this month, 135 musicians and color guard members boarded chartered buses for a 12,000-mile odyssey which will end at the DCI Summer Music Games Aug. 7 in Denver, Color. Honors and awards 2002 Division I Finalist 2001 Division I Semifinalist 2000 Division III World Champion 2003 Division I Semi-Finalist 2001 Division II - Second Place 2000 Division III Spirit of Disney Award 2003 DCI Board of Directors 2001 Division II - Best Percussion 2000 Division I Quarterfinalist DailyTidings.com Home Page Archives | Revels | Classifieds | Real Estate Guide | Weather | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2005 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Deep Muscle Stimulator Ceramic Piggy Banks FREE Entertainment Guide Women's & Men's Slippers Accelerate Weightloss Products Backpacks Generic Viagra Vegas Travel Guide Search Engine Optimization Sportsbook Absinthe Supply Student Loans Hotel & Airline Reservations African Safari Hammocks Helzberg Diamonds Online Casinos Community Bonus Casino King of Spirits ink cartridges Mortgage Calculator Security Systems Mailing Lists Click Here Advertisement .:Advertisements:. Site Search: RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams